There was chaos on the busy N2 in front of the Walter Sisulu University’s Nelson Mandela Drive campus in Mthatha when hundreds of angry students, armed with sticks, steel rods and stones, pelted cars and blocked the road with burning tyres and other materials. Some motorists turned back fearing for their cars, while one unlucky truck driver who was delivering a load of sabunga to Lower Ngqungqu Primary in Mqanduli, had to ditch his load in the middle of the road.
Pandemonium broke out on the N2 in front of the WSU's Nelson Mandela Drive campus in Mthatha when hundreds of protesting students, armed with sticks and stones, pelted cars and blockaded the road with burning tyres, demanding their NSFAS allowances. Traffic was backed for hours while a truck delivering a load of isabhunge to Mqanduli for a toilet building project at Lower Ngqungqu Primary, was accosted and forced to offload in the middle of the road.
Ray Nkonyeni Municipality (RNM) on the KwaZulu-Natal South Coast is on a mission to do away with pothole repairs and focus on completely redoing roads.
The organiser of the marathon, Wayne Beelders, told OFM News they are expecting participants from all over Southern Africa, also from Lesotho, to join the Kloppers’ 31st Marathon. To make the marat.